News and views
This page provides you with links to news stories written about mainstreaming biodiversity into the coal mining sector. Many of these are ‘old’ news but provide the reader with a storyline of activities.
- 2013-12-20 – LOOKING BACK – HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GRASSLANDS PROGRAMME: As the UNDP-GEF’s catalytic investment in mainstreaming biodiversity into production sectors in South Africa’s grasslands biome draws to a close, we pay tribute
- 2013-12-11 – HIGH ATTENDANCE AT THE RECENT TRAINING WORKSHOP ON MINING AND BIODIVERSITY GUIDELINE AND WETLAND OFFSET GUIDELINES: “Understanding and applying the Mining and Biodiversity Guideline and Wetland Offsets Guideline” was the theme of a recently held training workshop.
- 2013-10-18 – TRAINING WORKSHOPS ON THE MINING AND BIODIVERSITY GUIDELINES AND THE WETLAND OFFSET GUIDELINES: The South African Mining and Biodiversity Forum (SAMBF) would like to invite you to an exciting training workshop on the Mining and Biodiversity Guidelines…
- 2013-05-31 – MINING AND BIODIVERSITY COME TOGETHER TO POWER A GREENER ECONOMY: On 22 May 2013, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, launched the ‘Mining and Biodiversity Guideline: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Mining Sector’…
- 2013-05-17 – MINING AND BIODIVERSITY COME TOGETHER TO POWER A GREENER ECONOMY: Our challenge as a nation in a developing state context is to find a balance between economic growth and environmental sustainability. Without the integrity of our natural systems…
- 2013-04-15 – STRONG SUPPORT FOR DECLARATION OF PONGOLA BUSH PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT: Dr B.M. Radebe, the KwaZulu-Natal Member of the Executive Council for Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, has gazetted the intent to declare Pongola Bush as a Protected Environment…
- 2013-04-05 – MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY INTO MINING: Mainstreaming biodiversity into the mining sector was the subject of a training workshop recently attended by over 100 people. The workshop focused on the Mining and Biodiversity Guideline…
- 2013-02-25 – PONGOLA BUSH PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT: Dr B.M. Radebe, the KwaZulu-Natal Member of the Executive Council for Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, has gazetted the intent to declare Pongola Bush as a Protected Environment…
- 2013-02-13 – MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY INTO MINING TRAINING WORKSHOP: Not to be missed: SANBI’s Grasslands Programme (in partnership with the South African Mining and Biodiversity Forum and the Departments of Environmental Affairs and Mineral Resources)…